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    No Thanks Mom: The Top Ten Objects Your Kids Do NOT Want (and what to do with them): The Savvy Appraiser, #2
    No Thanks Mom: The Top Ten Objects Your Kids Do NOT Want (and what to do with them): The Savvy Appraiser, #2
    No Thanks Mom: The Top Ten Objects Your Kids Do NOT Want (and what to do with them): The Savvy Appraiser, #2
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    No Thanks Mom: The Top Ten Objects Your Kids Do NOT Want (and what to do with them): The Savvy Appraiser, #2

    By Elizabeth Stewart

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    A concise guide for parents of millennials, NO THANKS MOM offers sage advice on what to do with those objects ‘saved’ but NOT welcomed by the next generation.

    Collections and treasured objects do not always span the generation gap, sustaining both high market value and the taste and style of the 21st century. Learn to downsize what formerly was valued without upsizing your kid’s home. A valuable chapter, The Top Ten Objects Kids Do Not Want discusses the current taste for once- treasured objects such as formal dinner china.

    Often a flashpoint between parents and heirs, objects are a reflection of lives and homes. Tales of ‘stuff’ not “in style” include market remedies for antiques, fine art, and collectibles: how and where to sell, what to donate, what to save, and what NOT to bequest to heirs. Offered by an appraiser with three decades of experience, a collector of collector’s stories, the guide sets forth roadmaps and plans for what to do with objects once your kids have said “No Thanks.” Topics include The Five Piles Theory of Downsizing, and Rules and Habits for Creative Divesting.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFlandricka House Press
    Release dateAug 25, 2017
    ISBN9780998102542
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      No Thanks Mom: The Top Ten Objects Your Kids Do NOT Want (and what to do with them)

      Copyright © 2017 by Elizabeth Stewart

      www.ElizabethAppraisals.com

      Published by Flandricka House Press

      All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form (beyond copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the United States Copyright Law, and except limited excerpts by reviewer for the public press), without written permission from Elizabeth Stewart. For permission, or to contact Elizabeth Stewart, please email elizabethappraisals@gmail.com.

      All images used in this book are either public domain, licensed, or used with permission.

      Author services by Kathleen Kaiser & Associates

      www.KathleenKaiserAndAssociates.com

      Publishing services by Pedernales Publishing, LLC

      www.pedernalespublishing.com

      Book interior and cover design: Jana Rade

      jrade@impactstudioonline.com

      Editing services by Erin Lenhert

      Author photo by Santi Visalli

      Cover and interior illustrations by Christine Brallier

      www.christinebrallier.com

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2017951659

      ISBN 978-0-9981025-3-5 Paperback Edition

      ISBN 978-0-9981025-4-2 Digital Edition

      Printed in the United States of America

      Contents

      Author’s Introduction

      Chapter I: The Top Ten Objects Your Kids

      Do NOT Want (and what to do with them)

      #10 – Books

      #9 – Paper Ephemera

      #8 – Steamer Trunks, Sewing Machines, Film Projectors,

        Old Electronics, and Old-School TVs

      #7 – Porcelain Figurine Collections and Bradford Exchange

        Cabinet Plates

      #6 – Silver-Plated Objects

      #5 – Heavy, Dark, Antique Furniture

      #4 – Persian Rugs

      #3 – Linens

      #2 – Sterling Silver Flatware and Crystal Wine Services

      #1 – Fine Porcelain Dinnerware

      Fables of Families Facing the Top Ten Objects

      Books

      Family Photos

      Steamer Trunks

      Porcelain Collector’s Plates and Little Figurines

      Silver-Plated Objects

      Dark, Heavy Furniture

      Persian Rugs

      Linens

      Crystal Sets and Formal Flatware

      Formal China

      Chapter II: Elizabeth’s Five Piles Theory of Divesting

      Pile 1 – The High Rollers

      Pile 2 – The Fine Donations

      Pile 3 – The Family Jewels

      Pile 4 – Your Keepers

      Pile 5 – The Piddly Smalls

      Chapter III: The Ten Valuable Habits

      of Successful Downsizers

      Conclusion: Your Kids and Grandkids are

      Taste-Shifters

      A Postscript

      The Personality of the American Home

      About the Author

      Author’s Introduction

      The

      Philosophy

      of

      Ownership

      Bringing it home

      My aim in this book is to illustrate two important trends: first, that the value and significance of certain types of objects has changed in the past 30 years, and second, that those relegated objects symbolize a change in the meaning of value, especially with regards to what makes a comfortable home. I will show you, as lightheartedly as I can, that value is generationally related to the speed and mobility of life in the 21st century. I will share concrete examples of how parents have handled their Millennial children rejecting the things they wanted to pass on. I focus on Millennials because they are the group most indoctrinated in the new lifestyle value system: they were born into it, and were raised with its visual imagery.

      The meaning of the once-precious keepsake lies both in its definition as an object and in the structure of the word. Words can provide clues to shifts in perception. The list that follows may have positive echoes and relevance for Boomers, but negative resonance and visualizations for Millennials. Consider this list with an ear to the double meanings of these words across two generations:

      Valuables

      Movables

      Goods

      Acquisitions

      Householdings

      Personalty

      Effects

      Furnishings

      Chattel

      Appointments

      Treasures

      Heirlooms

      Possessions

      Belongings

      The professional case studies in this guide are examples of a shift in the meanings of the once-venerable and, in some cases, culturally ancient, words listed above. My examples come from my own clients who ask me what to do with their belongings once the kids have said no, and why, in fact, those kids did say no. The words that Boomers use when they cry on my shoulder are those above, which have long been used to describe certain traditionally hereditary material. For example, the word belongings comes from belong, which has its origins in the meaning to be of long. It connotes possession of a thing as a natural member of a family, of a tribe, of a period in time. Belongings is an old word and is indicative of a certain cultural order. We still use the word today, but the concept of what a belonging

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